Spring Clean Our Temple

On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. And he taught them, he said, “Is it not written:

‘My house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations’ ?

But you have made it ‘a den of robbers’. Mark 11: 15 – 17

Many years ago when I was attending a bible sharing class, someone shared about the verses above.

A temple or any place of worship is considered sacred. Not just considered. It is definitely sacred. We never allow any ‘unholy’ activities in and around the temple.

Actually our body is like a temple. We need to take good care of the temple.

The Chinese has a tradition of ‘spring cleaning’ the whole house before any major festivities. It is during the spring cleaning all unwanted things are thrown out. The Chinese believe that if they do not do away with the old, they will have no place for the new.

It is time for all of us to spring-clean our temples too. We want God to stay in our temples comfortably.